Kinship in Thucydides
Intercommunal Ties and Historical Narrative
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 17 October 2013
- ISBN 9780199697779
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages464 pages
- Size 221x147x32 mm
- Weight 696 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This volume explores the relationship between Thucydides and ancient Greek historiography, sociology, and culture. Drawing on modern anthropological enquiries on kinship and the sociology of ethnicity and emotions, it argues that inter-communal kinship has a far more pervasive importance in Thucydides than has so far been acknowledged.
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This volume explores the relationship between Thucydides and ancient Greek historiography, sociology, and culture. Presenting a new interpretation of the Peloponnesian War and its historian, it focuses on the role of emotions and ethics in the context of political history and ethnic conflicts. Drawing on modern anthropological enquiries on kinship and the sociology of ethnicity and emotions, and on scholarly work on kinship diplomacy and Greek ethnicity, it argues that inter-communal kinship has a far more pervasive importance in Thucydides than has so far been acknowledged.
Through close readings and contextualization of a variety of sources, Fragoulaki discusses the various ways in which ancient Greek communities could be related to each other (colonization, genealogies, belonging to the same ethnic group, socio-cultural symbols, political mechanisms, and institutions) and the largely cultural, emotional, and ethical expression of these ties. Through new readings of the History, such topics as Thucydides' narrative technique, his challenging silences, his interaction with other genres, and his intense engagement with Herodotus are dissected and discussed - offering a new appreciation of his unique contribution to historiography.
Fragoulaki has done an exhaustive and thorough study of the terms of xyngeneia (shared descent) in the narrative of Thucydides. She examines the phenomenon of kinship in cities, communities, and ethnic groups as portrayed in Thucydides and attempts to shed new light on his historical interpretations through this lens. Her work provides a useful reference tool for people studying the issues of kinship in Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. This book is well worth reading for those interested in the Peloponnesian War.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Preliminaries: Kinship terminology in Thucydides
Korinth and its colonies: Charting xyngeneia
Aiolian kinship: xyngeneia and relatedness in the Mytilene and Plataia episodes
Sparta's kinship ties
Athens kinship ties
Mixed realities of the West: Greeks and non-Greeks
Conclusion
Appendices
Athens kleruchies, kinship and Thucydides
Cities and colonial information in Thucydides and Herodotus
Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index
